Former players of the Offaly senior football team which defeated Kerry in the 1982 All-Ireland Final were among the mourners at the funeral of their manager Eugene McGee at St Mel's Cathedral in Longford.
Dublin senior football manager Jim Gavin and former Meath manager Sean Boylan are among those attending the funeral with the former GAA director general Liam Mulvihill and past GAA president Sean Kelly.
Present day and former journalists and photographers at the Longford Leader formed a guard of honour as Mr McGee's remains arrived at the church.
Players with the UCD team, trained by Mr McGee to win seven Sigerson Cup titles in the 1970s and two Dublin County Championships also formed a guard of honour with members of the Longford club team Cashel, which he led to a senior championship success in 1977.
In his homily, Fr Michael McGrath paid tribute to the spirit and commitment that the former Offaly manager brought out in his players while denying Kerry their five-in-a-row All Ireland title in 1982.
Holding up the football used in that game, Fr McGrath said anybody wishing to deny a modern day five-in-a-row title bid would do well to take a rub of the football before they left today.
Mr McGee died suddenly in the early hours of Sunday morning while attending a family celebration in Co Kildare.
He is survived by his wife Marian, children Conor and Linda, and daughter-in-law Saoirse.
Linda, an avid motorbike enthusiast, led the hearse on her bike to the steps of the cathedral.
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